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Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
- Sail ho!
- Land ho!
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halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
- What noise there, ho?
- Ho! who's within?
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Said accompanying a vigorous attack.rare
- Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
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A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- O I, a plague on ’em, there’s no ho with ’em, they’re madder then^([sic – meaning than]) March hares.
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A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.USderogatoryslang
- Bros before hoes!
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A woman in general; a bitch.USoffensiveslang
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To act as a ho, to prostitute.USambitransitiveslang
- She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men.
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Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.USobsoleteslang
- Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe.
- Him that..this gentlewoman is in such a hoe about.
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To care, be anxious, to long.USobsoleteslang
- To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.
- (3) To long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.